Blogs Jul 10, 2010 at 8:26 am

Stunned to Death

Charles Mudede
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Dateline: Boring!
Fistique on July 10, 2010 at 8:39 AM Report this
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Her bible should have warned her about stun guns.
Vince on July 10, 2010 at 8:40 AM Report this
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Yeah, so I was totally outraged by this blatant police misconduct until I read she was a mormon and then I didn't really care anymore.
brian on July 10, 2010 at 8:42 AM Report this
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She picked up a firearm and threatened people with it, and was reaching for it again when the policeman pulled the trigger. It's perfectly reasonable for a police officer to Tase her, and her death is frankly her own damn fault.
venomlash on July 10, 2010 at 8:46 AM Report this
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Yea she's christain and white so being killed by a police officer is A-OK, the old bag deserved it.
Cascadian Bacon on July 10, 2010 at 9:09 AM Report this
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From what I read, the police actions were completely justified. It's too bad she died, but she threatened police with a gun... scenerios like that don't usually have cheerful endings.

I *suppose* they could have tried to use something more gentle, given her age, but what? This is what tasers are designed for.
Urgutha Forka on July 10, 2010 at 9:09 AM Report this
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Forgot to set his phaser on "stun"?
PaulBarwick on July 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM Report this
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"If she had any mental issue, I didn't see it." sounds like she was hella dehydrated.
Max Solomon on July 10, 2010 at 10:38 AM Report this
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Wow... an actual tasing of an elderly woman that is justified!
madcap on July 10, 2010 at 10:49 AM Report this
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Aren't cops supposed to shoot suspects with guns?
sirkowski on July 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM Report this
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If she had any mental issue, the neighbors never see it.

"He/she was always quiet and never gave us any trouble. Nothing like this ever happened before."
RonK, Seattle on July 10, 2010 at 12:13 PM Report this
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Charles,
Speaking of firearms, I just read this ghastly account:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/07/…

A 2 y/o toddler shot to death by his own 9 y/o brother by accident. Fucking bloody tragic. When will handgun owners learn?
lark on July 10, 2010 at 2:17 PM Report this
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"...we are all Phyllis A. Owens!!"
on July 10, 2010 at 3:04 PM Report this
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It's too bad that people who obviously want to die in the US have to go to the extreme of suicide by cop to do it. She was either senile or had a death wish. Either way they put her out of her and everyone else's misery.
mmennonno on July 11, 2010 at 5:42 AM Report this
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She may have had dementia. A lot of people undergo a radical personality change when they get it.

I'm just praying for the big CVA from the sky when I'm 85, thankyouverymuch.
TVDinner on July 11, 2010 at 6:19 AM Report this

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